- Susannah - dob: October 12, 1667
- Simon - dob: December 11, 1669
- Rebecca - dob: February 15, 1671
Their marriage was in its fourth year when Rebeckah departed this life on March 1, 1671 at the approximate age of 24. We can assume that she died from complications of childbirth since she had given birth to Rebecca only 15 days earlier.
Thomas' children were quite young when their mother died; Susannah 3yrs, Simon 1yr and Rebecca 14days. His children needed a mother and he a wife, and so we find about two years later (the exact date is yet unknown) in 1673 Thomas and Hannah (maiden name unknown) were united in marriage. During the next eleven years, an additional six children were added to his brood - now numbering two sons and seven daughters:
- Hannah - dob: abt 1674
- Thomas - dob: abt 1675
- Mary - dob: abt 1676
- Sarah - dob: abt 1679
- Abigail - dob: abt 1681
- Martha - dob: abt 1684
No records have been found of their exact birth dates but they can be approximated, since their ages were recorded in Thomas' Last Will and Testament. Indexes show the particulars of the Will but the original copy has not been found; we have only been able to locate the inventory of his estate. At the time of his death, the children's ages were: Susannah, aged 20 years, Simon 18, Rebecca 15, Hannah 13, Thomas 12, Mary 11, Sarah 8, Abigail 6 and Martha 3.
On March 24, 1687, Thomas Couch died in Wethersfield at the age of 44.
Sources:
Adams, Sherman W. The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington: and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time. New York: Grafton Press, 1904. (Volume II, Pgs 251-252)
Hinman, R. R. Catalogue of the first Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. No. V. Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Company, 1856. (Pg 737)
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